The Justice Minister has pledged the governments' full support in assisting gardai to bring those who took the life of a member of An Garda Siochana to justice.
Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe was attending a robbery with a colleague at a credit union in Dundalk, County Louth, last night, when he was killed.
Several shots were fired during the attack at the Lordship Credit Union, on the Cooley Road in the town at around 9.30pm.
It is understood he was shot without warning and had not drawn his weapon.
The Taoiseach Enda Kenny has described the incident as an act of clod blooded violence and extended his deepest sympathies to the family and colleagues of the late Garda.
Crime Journalist with the Irish Independent Paul Williams says all Garda resources will be put into investigating the murder:
